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A review by katykelly
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
3.0
3.5 stars.
I was interested to try another Flynn after enjoying Gone Girl. She certainly likes to play with her reader, getting you to guess.
And it's a great guessing game this time around too. I listened to this, and the format transferred well to audiobook, easy to follow and not confusing, with characters and narrators obvious.
I admit to preferring Gone Girl though. I love the delicious evil nature of certain characters and the brilliant second act twist.
This is enjoyable though. Two decades on from the brutal murder of her mother and sisters (for which her elder brother has served the intervening period in prison) Libby Day is approached by a club of people who investigate dubious convictions and killers. Ordinarily she wouldn't entertain them, but the pity money she'd lived on for 24 years is about to run out. Despite believing in her brother's guilt, she agrees to open doors for them and delve into the murders, for a price.
We follow Libby now, and her mother and brother leading up to the night of the massacre.
The reader is encouraged to make lots of wild guesses as more is revealed. Libby isn't likeable (intentionally), but I didn't really care what happened to her because of this.The final reveal isn't a let down, but it isn't what I was expecting.
Quite tense at times, with the murder scene itself a little upsetting if you're not keen on violence towards children.
Not as good (or as psychologically 'deep') in my opinion as Gone Girl but a very readable mystery thriller.
I was interested to try another Flynn after enjoying Gone Girl. She certainly likes to play with her reader, getting you to guess.
And it's a great guessing game this time around too. I listened to this, and the format transferred well to audiobook, easy to follow and not confusing, with characters and narrators obvious.
I admit to preferring Gone Girl though. I love the delicious evil nature of certain characters and the brilliant second act twist.
This is enjoyable though. Two decades on from the brutal murder of her mother and sisters (for which her elder brother has served the intervening period in prison) Libby Day is approached by a club of people who investigate dubious convictions and killers. Ordinarily she wouldn't entertain them, but the pity money she'd lived on for 24 years is about to run out. Despite believing in her brother's guilt, she agrees to open doors for them and delve into the murders, for a price.
We follow Libby now, and her mother and brother leading up to the night of the massacre.
The reader is encouraged to make lots of wild guesses as more is revealed. Libby isn't likeable (intentionally), but I didn't really care what happened to her because of this.The final reveal isn't a let down, but it isn't what I was expecting.
Quite tense at times, with the murder scene itself a little upsetting if you're not keen on violence towards children.
Not as good (or as psychologically 'deep') in my opinion as Gone Girl but a very readable mystery thriller.